“Broken Teeth,” by Sam Roberts Band, will make its debut on Saturday, and “We Are Gold,” by Star Académie finalist Andee, will premiere next Wednesday.

Fresh Tracks is the result of a partnership between the CBC and Sony Music Entertainment Canada and Universal Music Canada. It’s the brainchild of Trevor Pilling, head of programming for CBC Sports and Hockey Night in Canada.

He said playing five different songs allows the CBC to promote a variety of Canadian artists and to reach different audiences.

“I think what the consortium did was fantastic and it worked great for them, and we’re taking a slightly different approach. . . . Neither (approach) is wrong or right,” said Pilling. “We’ll leave it up to the viewer to determine how they feel about it.”

Overcoming obstacles and attaining success figure prominently in the Fresh Tracks songs. Several of the artists said they were inspired by their own struggles when at the writing stage.

New Brunswick native Voisine said he was honoured that “Living Out My Dreams” would play during the Sochi Olympics. He’ll also be travelling to the Russian city this week to play some shows for the athletes and their families, he said.

“The inspiration behind the song is that in order to make it, you have to work hard and have people around you who believe in you,” he said. “And then when the Olympics approached, we thought we could make that initial idea an Olympic song.”

Tyler Armes, bassist and keyboardist with Toronto’s Down with Webster, said “Feeling So Alive,” which proved to be popular on the Twitterverse when it debuted, is very much about his own band’s journey to success.

“It just wraps up the whole sentiment of the band. It’s about living for today and not about living for tomorrow,” he said.

Pilling said he’s not necessarily concerned about the possibility that no one song will be readily associated with the Sochi Games.

Yanofsky, of course, became a household name after the Vancouver Games. Still performing, the jazz-pop singer has a new album and single in the works.

With Fresh Tracks, Pilling said the CBC is hoping to create a “moment” with as many viewers as possible.

“It’s an opportunity to create something that can last, that can make an impression on someone, and even if it only stays in their mind for a day, or maybe a really long time, that’s a blessing,” he said.